... when talking about how good they are in replacement of bulk DELETE
in partitioned setups.
The original wording was a bit confusing.
Per an observation from David Wheeler.
Bulk loads and deletes can be accomplished by adding or removing
partitions, if that requirement is planned into the partitioning design.
- ALTER TABLE> is far faster than a bulk operation.
+ ALTER TABLE NO INHERIT> and DROP TABLE> are
+ both far faster than a bulk operation.
It also entirely avoids the VACUUM
overhead caused by a bulk DELETE>.